Truth and Tall Tales

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Showing posts with label Propaganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Propaganda. Show all posts
Thursday, August 01, 2024

Get real

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  I admit it. I’m fond of fake news and loathe looking at reality. By “reality” I mean the world described by an unidentified White House ai...
Saturday, October 09, 2021

Don't believe plastic people

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When Frank Zappa sang that plastic people were a drag, he meant something other than what I mean. He meant that superficial people, unlike m...
Friday, January 15, 2021

True news is good news

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 “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll...
Friday, January 08, 2021

About those First Amendment rights

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  On January 7, 2021 Senator Josh Hawley tweeted: “This could not be more Orwellian. Simon & Schuster is canceling my contract because ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Wrong name. Right problem.

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  Systemic Racism is not a good name for it. It’s not a formal system and there is no formal name. And yet it’s there, flowing through our c...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

All art is propaganda

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Propaganda refers to the use of persuasive information to influence public opinion. Such information is often distorted, based on rumors and...
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